Smoking-pipe.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

I. 6: G. A. PFORTNER. SMOKING PIPE. APPLIUATION IIL ED NOV, 22, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.-

IGNATZ PFORTNER AND GUSTAVE A. PFORTNER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,235, datedSeptember 8, 1903. Application filed November 22,1902. Eerial No.132,429. (No model.)

To (0N whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that we, IGNATZ PFORTNER and GUSTAVE A. PFORTNER,CitiZenS ofthe United States, residing in the borough of the Bronx, city of NewYork, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Smoking- Pipes, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

Our invention relates to smokingpipes, and has for its objects theconstruction of a pipe which shall embody the substantial advantages ofthe well-known Persian hookah, but shall be of simple construction,compact dimensions, and very small cost.

According to our invention we provide an absorption-chamber between thebowl and stem, this absorption-chamber having walls of absorptivematerial, and according to our invention we ultilize the well-knownabsorptive power of corncob and make the absorption-chamber of thisinexpensive material. The smoke as it is drawn from the bowl enters thisabsorption-chamber and is not only deprived of readily-condensiblevapors, but also acquires the peculiar flavor given by the corncob.

Our invention also includes various improvements in details ofconstruction, as will appear from the following description of theaccompanying drawings,illustrating a smoking-pipe embodying ourinvention, and from the claims in which our invention is particularlyset forth.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a smokingpipe embodying our invention.Fig. 2 is an exterior view of the same.

The tobacco-bowl a is shown as made of corncob and provided with a reedoutlet 1), and aplug c of elastic material, preferably cork, is securedto the bowl or reed and constitutes the means of connection with theabsorption-chamber (Z. This absorption-chamber is made of a piece ofcornoob having a uniform bore,and the plug a enters this bore at theupper part of the absorption-chamber. At the lower part of theabsorption-chamber d a tight plug g is secured, and is provided with aconnecting-pin e, which enters and is secured in a base f, the lowerportion of the corncob absorption-chamber (Z resting upon the top of thebase. This construction is exceedingly simple and inexpensive andpermits the removal of the bowl and the exposure of the fullbore of theabsorption-chamber for the purpose of cleaning.

A hollow plug h is inserted in the absorption-chamber at a pointintermediate of its length, and this plug receives at its outer end theflexible stem 45, and the mouthpiecej is secured at the outer end of theflexible stem '6.

It is obvious that modifications may be made in the construction shownin the drawings and above particularly described within the spirit andscope of our invention.

WVhat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A smoking-pipe comprising a tobaccobowl and an absorption-bowlseparable from each other, the absorption-bowl having a chamber thereinwith walls of absorptive material, and the tobacco-bowl having a stopperentering and closing the absorption-bowl,and a stem and mouthpiecehaving a passage therethrough connected to such absorptionchamber.

2. A smoking-pipe comprising a tobaccobowl and a corncob absorption-bowlseparable from each other, the corncob absorptionbowl having a chambertherein and the tobacco-bowl having a stopper entering and closing theabsorption-chamber,and a flexible stem and mouthpiece having a passagetherethrough connected to such absorption-chamber.

3. A smoking-pipe comprising a bowl having a projecting plug of elasticmaterial with a smoke-orifice therein, an absorption-chamber of uniformbore throughout its length and adapted to receive the elastic plug ofthe bowl at one end of such bore and tightly closed at the other endthereof, a base secured to the absorption-chamber, a hollow plugentering such absorption-chamber at a point intermediate of its length,and a flexible stem and mouthpiece, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

IGNATZ PFORTNER. GUSTAVE A. PFOBTNER. Witnesses:

EDWARD PFORTNER, NELLIE PFOR'PNER.

